Canopy-fixture.



H. T. PAI STE.

CANOPY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2411913.

1,280,826. Patented Oct. 8, 191a.

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To all whom it may concern:- v

Be it known that I, HENRY T. PAISTE a. citizen of the United States,residing in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Canopy-Fixtures,

of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is topforide a relatively simple fixturewhleltmay beeasily applied to the ordinary form of electric wall bracketand which shall be designed to receive a contact or attachment plug ofsuitable construction.

I also desire to provide a fixture which 1 under conditions of use shallbe partially concealed or covered by the canopy of a wall or otherbracket or fixture with which it is associated, and which in addition topossess-- ing but afew inexpensive parts, shall .besubstan'tial-as wellas ornamental in appearance.

These objects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lamp bracket showing myinvention as applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the bracket shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. '3 is a front-elevation of the receptacle structure and itsassociated parts constitutin a portion oimy invention; and

i 4 and '5 are respectively sections on v the H and 'b--b, Fig.

=1 In the above-drawings 1 represents the tubular body of a gas-electricbracket having a gas 'burner'2 and a 1am socket '3, in the latter ofwhich is mounte an incandescent lamp 4. 'Interposed between the tubularbody '1 and the=-wall or other structure on which this bracketissupported, is ,a canopy v5 which receives and conceals the .gas andelectric connections, this canopy being usuallyrformed of relativelythin spun or presse metal. 'lnthe presentcasethe lower portion of thecanopy is provided with a substantially rectangular recess. adjacent itsedge to permit-of the'i'passage of "the base or main portion of thefixed. tructure shown in detail in Figs. 3-to5 inclusive. This structurebe describedas consisting of a substantia lycylindrical body portion 7having in the'presentinstance .an ornamental inclosing 'casingBof metalconnected by a neck .por-. 'tion '9 of substantially rectangular sectionI) ,with a somewhat extended flat head piece '10.

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-what less than ISOdegreeslrib 15 integral with the body structure '7 so7 sunk cavities or recesses y it, with the canopy 6. through andvfill'the I i x'ssrenonffro-n. 1r. rns'rn coaronarron' or rnnnsrr-Patented 1 918.

; .As shown in Fig. 5, the cylindrical body 7' 1s liollow, havingin itsouter face a rectan gular'opening 11 .and containing a pair 0 oppositelyplaced; spring) contacts 12 and 13. These latter are prefera ly both ofthe same construction and each consists of 'an' elongated resilientstrip of metal having one endperforated andbent at right angles and theoppositeend bent through an angle some- Each of said contact piecesisheld within the canopy of the body 7 by a screw or bolt 14 whose head iscounter-sunk in the bottom face of the insulating structure, while itsopposite end is threaded for the reception of a nut whereby said contactstrip is clamped in place." 7

The two nuts of these screws or bolts are preferably separated from eachother by a that their accidental short circuiting is effactuallyprevented. Each of the counterfor the heads of the screws 14communicates directly with a chanml 16 formed in the iinderface of thefixture structure and extending through the neck 9 into the headlOwhereit communicates with a hole or passage 17 extending iromthe backto the face of said head. Thelatter'is also provided with twocounter-sunk holes 18- designed for the reception of screws whereby thefixture as a whole may be rigidly fixed to the supporting structure onwhich fixture, is to be mounted.

mounting :the apparatus above described, the lam bracket is firstconnected to a supportin fixture, a gas ipe-or the like in thewellownmanner e canopylfi being loose and freely movable on zthe tubularor other supporting member, The fixture v6 is then mounted on ,a -,supporting structure in such a position that when .the canopy 5 isfinally put rin-place, rthe neck 9 will extend rectangular recess of thebottom edge of the said canopy, while the head 10 will be within thecanopy and ,the' body 7 outside ofibut immediately adjacent the same,the whole being held in yplaceby screws passed throughthe openings-:18.Two insulated conductors 19 and 20,;electrically connected to the mainsupply conductors 21 and 22,.respectively extend into the openings 17and through the channels 16, at'the extremities of each of their endsare respectively connected to or electrically engaged with the screws orbolts 14.. Thereaftertwue contact 01' attachment plug nch as that vwhmmand dcscribcd in my zi iiplica-ition for Patent TMLQSG, filed July 2%,1913; may be inserted through the opening 11.1 with its sidc contncts in'cngngcmcnt with theturned .o'vcr resilient ends] cf "the "springcontact highly convenient.

not n1yrelatively Simple and .ensilynnp pllcdto existing clc'ctriclamp-brackets but. that it 1S" 0ll1illll!11till 1n anpearancc and 1While I prcfcrnbly eninloy 2i .rcccptacle qr attachmentplfng whichnsshown in Fig.

is provided merely with two similar cpl-h0g contacts for? engagementwith the side contacts of a contactphlgk Inlay with} out depn rtingfro111' my inventi' n, nsc other forms 0t receptacles 01* sockets n5 maybe 2. The combination of a. canopy having an ppening adjacent one cdgc;a receptacle haw ing 11- laterally projecting base strnctilre extendingthrough said opening into the canopy; with conductors connected-to thecontacts 'of the receptacle. and extending ccptaclc consisting of afbod'y -fp0ft1,0n,"1 a

t egral .;with said body, there aJcayity in the body and channelslin'the neck? and hcnd for electrical; conductors ;Z 7 contacts prmanentlymounted 'inv the cavity of "the bod with v a. czifnopyjccvcrin'gfsaidhead.'f i

ah The ccimhination Of a, 'recftacle having a body -af;head, :a;nd alatera 1y projecting neckconncctin'g the had and the body; contacts forthe receptacle; witlizi ca-i iopy'in closing thc head and hziving ancpening-for tlic i-cccptio n of the wt; tihci-c being channcls forclcclricnl -Ctllfillmlifil'as lc'n ilin'g from t ctcr ni ml of themhl'ucts, tln'cngh thc wk and .intcthc hand."

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